Because wal-mart delivers on its promise of a shit-ton of stuff for reasonable prices. If they didn't do that, people wouldn't go there to spend their money.

If cost-co were so great we'd all go there for our one-stop shopping needs, but apparently for some reason or other they aren't. I personally haven't even heard of them, so they must be a hippie britain thing like ikea.

Corporate greed almost always results in the company tanking. While people are generally stupid, money is generally smart.

It's when the government comes in and artificially supports select companies over others that it breaks the system. The money goes to failing business models and ends up not only being wasted and going to the wrong people.... but it also rewards failure and greed.

A good, successful company working within the capitalistic market scheme has competition. Even the giants like microsoft and walmart will always have competition that forces them to keep on edge, less the foundations upon which they stand get stolen out from underneath them.

Big Business is not something to be feared. Even the biggest of businesses can be killed overnight. It's big government that is the beast that seems to be unkillable.

Because wal-mart delivers on its promise of a shit-ton of stuff for reasonable prices. If they didn't do that, people wouldn't go there to spend their money.

If cost-co were so great we'd all go there for our one-stop shopping needs, but apparently for some reason or other they aren't. I personally haven't even heard of them, so they must be a hippie britain thing like ikea.